Knitted glove and method of producing the same



6. STIBBE. mman move AND METHOD oF Povucms THE SAME.

APPLICTON FILED AUG-31 1916. 1,346,516. Patented 13, 1920.

'u' 60W?? SET/ZZ@ M7550 )vac/y tion ot' the linger UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GODFREY vSi'liIBlBE, 0F LEICESTER, ENGLAND.

KNITTED GLOVE AND METHOD or rnonuome THE sans.

To nl?, 'lo/tom may concern lie it known that l, Gournay S'rimsn, subject oi the liiing Oli (ireat Britain, residing at Leicester, in the county oi Leicester, England, have invented certain new and useiul improvements in or Relating Yto Knitted Gloves and Methods opi1 Producing the Same, olE which the following is a specification, reiterence being had therein tothe accompanying drawing. 1 This invention relates to knitted gloves and to the method O1 producing the same and has for its object to produce an improved machine made glove one of the advantages of the process forming the invention being` that articles o'f the character concerned can be made much quicker and cheaperl than heretofore.

By the process oi manufacture herein to be described, the main portions ot the glove z'. c. wrist, hand, thumb and fingers may be made on the same machine, thus obviating the customary pressing-Ofi' and running on ope ations in carrying out the process, a circular knitting machine is employed 'for preference,

although it may be possible to make use ot the same method on a liat knitting trame or straight bar machine. Y

rfi machine knitted glove according to this invention comprises a seamless wrist and hand, a thumb and a series of fingers knitted in the hat and with selvaged edges as a jointless continuation of the hand.

The essence of the inventionis he formaportions as jointless continuations or extensions of the hand portion, without a seam or joint at the base or root of lthe 'lingers where the circular fabric is merged into the separated nger portions.

.ln the improved glove the two outside tingers may be seamed down the inner side only andthe two inside lingers seamed down each side. Y

ln a modiied form of the glove all the fingers may be seamed down each side; lurther, in such glove the fingers may be formed with seamless extremities.

rlhe thumb of the improved glove may be finished with Va single seam, or it may have seams upon two Opposite sides in which latter caseit may4 also have a seamless extremity. A

It is also a feature of the inventionthat 'in a glove characterized by the aforesaid Y-\ i Specification of Letters Patent. Pglfbnted July 13, 1920, Application sied vAugust s. 1916. serial No. 113,728.

' the thumb portion.

' Fig.l 5 is a similar view showing a further stage in the process the blank having the finger portions formed thereon. y

Fig. 6 is a further similar view showing a blank having `finger portions formed according to an alternative method.

`Fig. 7 shows the blank of Fig. 6 carried a stage further in the process.

' Fig. 8 is a diagram of the needle circle and is hereinafter referred to in explaining vthe method of obtaining a greater number of loops in the courses of the combined lingers than there are in the courses of the hand portion of the glove.

Fig. 9 illustrates a detail in the finish of the finger extremities.

Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 are drawn to a smaller scale that Figs. l, 2, 3 and 8, and throughout the drawings like parts are designated by the same reference characters.

The improved glove shown in Figs. l and 2 has a wrist and hand portion l oi' circular fabric seamlessly combined with a thumb 2 and lingers 3, il, 5 and 6, the Outside lingers 3 and 6 being seamed at 7 down the inner side only and the two inside fingers e, 5 being seamed at 8 down eachV side..

' rlhe glove shown in Fig. 3 has a wrist and hand portion l of circular fabric seamlessly combined with thumb and iingers Vsimilarly to the glove shown in Fig. l, eX-

cept, that in this alternative Jform all the fingersV are seamed at 9 down each side and at the extremitiesl() are without seams.

The thumb 2 may have a seam l1 down each side as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, or it may, as will be hereinafter described, be Jformed with a single seam. When seamed upon two sides it may be without a seam at the tip 12 .ShQWn Fig. 5.3, or the extremwill `will, of' course,

Vtheothers are inactive,

ldies producing the fabric portion 3a or 6n to form oneH of the outside fingers, z'. e. 35,

ity `may be closed'in the manner shown in Fig. 2. Y 1

The methodsubject to modifications hereinafter mentioned consists in first knitting apiece of circular fabric Vto form the Wrist and part of the hand portion l. (Fig. et) up to the root of the thumb, after Which knitting proceeds upon a certain number of the needles While the others remain lout of action, the lengtlirof fabric formed by the saidneedles which continue in action constituting what may be termed the thumb fabric 2a. Tie number of needles which continue in action to form thesai'd thumb fabric and the duration oftheir operation Y Y depend upon the desired Width and length of such fabric.

2 knitting again proceeds upon all the needles and circular fabric is produced to complete thehand lportion l of the glove up to the` base or root ,ofv the fingers, The

Vlength of'tluunb fabric Qais new found .to y be seamlessly united at leach end With thef fabric l constituting `the hand portion. After completing the hand portion, .lnitf ting is continued upon vcert-ain individual sets ofthe needles `to produce lengths of fabric 3a, 4?, ffl, 5, 5" andG, (F ig. to constitute finger fabrics* For instance', certain needles may continue in action While the operating neeeither the first or fourthfinger ofthe glove. flic fabrics 3? and@a may be made at different times or both at the Sametime, the

V'needles producing, same going out of action when the parts vare finished, after Which certain other needles come into action and knit a Vlengthof fabric to constitutepone half of the next finger, c'. c. either the inside dit@ oroutside e251, of the second or third fingers, this yprocess being repeated to separately produce the said lengths ofY fabric. to, constitute .the requisite half portions for theseco'nd and 'thirdfingers it being arranged that theinside halves t, 5 and outside halves 4P, 5b of the said second and third fingers shall bc appropriately positioned upon opposite sides of the circular hand `fabric l to come together yand have their rspectiveedgesec, fd and 525@l joinedV to form the complete fingers; l i

In an. article or blank thus produced the thumb fabric 2` and the finger fabrics. 3?. 4;",52 5b, 6a, are seamlessly united .with the main fabric l', .each sepa-i ratelyformedlength has a selvage Vat each Aedge, the thumb,:first linger andfourth .fingerare formed Whole the second. and third Briefly stated said to consist therefore the process may be4 forming ,on the same machine a circular Wrist and hand portion having integral -tion in a circular order by Vthe fabric 5l l, the production ,of a cular knitting machine, the cylinder vof therewith a whole thumb fabric, Whole outside finger fabrics, and half inside finger fabrics. p

twice for producing adjacentV finger fabrics Y the number of loops in the circular course After thek formation ofthe thumb fabric A or courses of the glove in the region of the roots of the' fingers can lbe inadeto exceed the maximum number of needles in the machine and consequently exceed also'the maximum number Vof loopsv in the circular coursesof the hand portion of the glove so that the Vruilditional material requisite for the ngers is provided. rihis will beY hereinafter-fully explained. v 1

f The process already described, may ad mit of variation as regards the formation of the finger portions,.that is to-say, Vit may be immaterial as to Whether onefingei portion is formed before another or Whether the said finger fabrics shall be formed at different times or twoV or more of them at the same time. bviously it may be an ad-A vantage to proceed 'With the finger formacommencing say with the linger fabric 3 for the first linger,

then forming the fabric 4a for'the inside half of the second finger, next the fabric 5aV for the ,inside half of the third finger, then Vthe fabric (in forthe fourth linger followed for the outside half of the third finger7 and lastly Vthe fabrica" for the outside half of the second finger. 0r this order might be reversed. Or again finger fabrics may be former simultaneously upon opposite sides ofthe circular hand portion. For example, the rst and fourth finger fabrics sametime as also halves Ll, 4th of the second finger and the halves 5%, 5" Vof third finger; or the front half of one, c. 9.4 and the back. half 5b of and then the Vhalves 5F* and lfb( Y To facilitate'the clearcomprehension of the improved process. a specific vexample lof glove blank upon. a cirwhich is equippedwith 160 needles, will now be describechf it being understood that the numbers of needles Vreferred to ,are not binding but are givenmerely'as .an illustration. l l 'u f The glove iscominenced by knitting upon may be .thev separate A' fla and 6 may be formed at the fthe etherof thesev .fingers may be formed the number of This makes a thumb of thekind shown in F ig. 2.' A'further method is to. make the thumb fabric extra wide and ksever the inner end ofthe loop at the point 2bk from the hand portion l thus ,producing a thumb fabric of the same characterv as the finger fabrics 3a andA 6 (Fig. 5). The ythumb is completed by joining together the longitudinal side edges, closing the tip or end and securing the said edges at the base to the part of the hand portion from vwhich Vthe loop` termination, was severed. A thumb thus produced will have a singleseam situ ated down the inside.

The improved glove may or may not be providedwith a rib top, c. a'ribbed wrist i portion 4(not shown) but when it is to have vthis the said ribbed portion may be run on in the usual manner. 7 What I claim then is Y l.. lAs a new article of manufacture, a machine knitted glove comprising a'seainless tubular hand, an integral thumb, a series of fingers knitted in the fiat and withselvaged edges as jointless continuations of the tubular hand, the aggregate loops inthe courses of the combined fingers being greater Vthan loops in the courses of the Y hand, substantially asdescribed,

`chine knitted Ytubular hand, an integral thumb, a series of 2. Asa new article of manufacture, Va maglove comprising a seamless lingers'V knitted in the fiat and with selvaged edges'as jointless continuations ofthe tubular hand, the aggregate loops in the 'courses ofthe combined lingers lbeing greaterV than the inumberof loops in the courses of the r hand, "a seam down Vthe innerside only of chine knitted glove lcomprising a seamless.

the two outside fingers anda seamV down `each side of thetwc insidefingers.

3.1As a new article of manufacture, a matubular hand, `an integral thumb, a .series of fingers knitted in 'the' fiat and with selvaged edges, as vjointless continuations of Vthe tubular hand, the aggregate loops in the courses of the combined fingers being greater than the number of loops in the courses of l the hand, and the thumb being seemed upon two opposite sides. "Y a 4, As a new article of manufacture, a machine knitted glove, comprising' a seamless tubular hand, an integral thumb; a` series V of'lingers knitted in the flat and with Asel- VVthe hand,

Witnesses vaged Vedges. as `jointless continuations of the tubular hand, the'aggregate loops inthe courses Vof the combined fingers being greater than the number ofloops in the coursesof and the thumb being seamed upon two opposite sides and at the extremity. f

5. lThe method 'of producing a knitted vglovel of Vthe kind herein described which consists in knitting' a circular fabric to form part of the hand, then knitting upon a poi'- tion.V only ofthe needles to form .a thumb fabricthen resumingon all the needles to complete the hand, then knitting upon certain individual ygroups of theV needles to 6.y The method of producing ak knitted glove ofthe kind herein described which Y 'consists' in knitting a circular fabric to form part'of the hand, thenl knittng upon a Vportion only of the Vneedles to forma thumb fabric, then resuming theknitting on all the needles to'complete the hand, then knitting upon certain individual groups of the needles to produce separate lengths'of flat fabries for the fingers, some of the needles of one group being used in the next group of needles whereby Vthe adjacent 'linger fabrics Vproduced by such' groups of needles overlap one another and theaggregate loops vin the coursesof the combined lingers is made to exceed the number of loops in' the' courses of the circular lia'ndfabric, theifabrics lfor the two outside fingersbeing formed whole Vandthe fabrics for the Vtwo insidefiing'ers being each kformed in'separate halvesupon V opposite sides of the circular hand fabric,

andv finally'seaming up the thumb and iin'- gers to complete the glove, substantially as described. s Y

In testimony whereof I aix my signature Vin presence of two witnesses.V

eonEREY sriBBE. 

